At 1000 GMT on Monday Daedalus rounded Cape Horn 50 miles to the south of the island. They are on a direct course for the Strait of Le Maire sailling at 16 knots.

For Tony BULLIMORE (GBR) and his team on Daedalus it will be a relief to finally be out of the Southern Ocean heading for warmer weather. BULLIMORE's log describes the conditions they have had for the past few days.

'We are going due east with 30 knots of blisteringly cold winds continuously flowing over the decks,' he wrote. 'First we had hail stones bouncing off the deck sounding like several machine guns being fired at the same time. Then it went quite and along came the snow, and within minutes the boat and any of the crew that stood on her decks were slowly going white. Jimmy DUNNING (GBR), who is responsible for taking the video and still pictures that helps to tell our story, was out on deck with the camera happily clicking in all directions.'

Later in his log BULLIMORE talks about the cold. 'Right now it is very cold. We have gray skies, the seas are not too high, but they look a little menacing. The wind is dragging the temperature down, the wind chill factor etc, and we are all tucked up safe, either on watch steering Daedalus, or holding the end of ropes ready to ease them out when the gusts come, or we are below decks wrapped up in sleeping bags trying to be as warm as possible and trying to get as much sleep as possible in the very difficult conditions.'

On board Doha 2006 the conditions are different although the temperature is starting to drop again after a week of balmy trade wind sailing under a bright Southern Hemisphere sun. Brian THOMPSON (GBR) and his navigator, Will OXLEY (AUS), have been hard at work studying the weather charts looking for a smooth rounding of the Cape of Good Hope 1,600 miles away. The situation is becoming complicated as the South Atlantic High once more presents a tactical challenge.

The earlier front that gave them a fast ride from Los Lobos had squished the high pressure into a ridge that extends well south. In order for them to skirt the high to avoid slowing in the light winds, they are going to have to sail under the high meaning that they are going to have to head well south of Cape Town. OXLEY explains. 'With a comfortable lead in our race we have been looking to stay north and in the sunshine for as long as possible before turning the corner and heading north for Mauritius,' he wrote. 'Unfortunately the wind gods have deemed that we have had enough of a good thing and it is getting more complicated up ahead. In order to avoid being completely trapped by a high pressure system and no wind we are having to dive south. We then have to stay south to keep in pressure and avoid headwinds. No one is really looking forward to the cold again, but the thermals are back on, the sea surface temperature charts are being poured over and data is being gathered on the ice sightings in this region.'

The South Atlantic, especially this late in the summer, is littered with ice and presents a very real danger to any boats transiting the region. Orange II, another maxi-catamaran looking to break Cheyenne's outright circumnavigation record, saw ice in this part of the world and so there will soon be an ice watch posted on the Qatari catamaran as they dive further south. At the 0500 GMT poll they were already well into the Roaring Forties sailing at a latitude 500 miles south of South Africa.

Both boats still have a long way to go to the finish in Qatar. At the 0500 poll Daedalus had 10,450 miles to go and Doha 2006 had 6,990 remaining. It is early to be speculating, but OXLEY has been playing with the numbers and puts his thoughts on an ETA in his log. 'I still have the 3 April in my head as an arrival date. If we average 15 knots, but lose a day due to calm winds, then we will still make it. On the gloomy side of things we need to average 12.5 knots on course from now to make it within 60 days. Still a long way to go but it's nice to have some targets to keep us focused.'

Tom Burton (AUS) and Alison Young (GBR) hit the right note in the Laser and Laser Radial at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as they took out the top honours and qualification spots to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final.

It was double Australian gold in the Paralympic classes. Matt Bugg (AUS) came out on top in the 2.4mR whilst London 2012 Paralympic SKUD18 gold medallists Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (AUS) were triumphant in the two person keelboat.

Lithuania's Juozas Bernotas came out on top in the Men's RS:X whilst Russia's Stefania Elfutina was triumphant in the Women's RS:X. Both sailors claim the first Abu Dhabi ISAF Sailing World Cup Final spots whilst Jock Calvert (AUS) and Joanna Sterling (AUS) picked up the Oceanic spots for the Emirati finale.

There was some fast paced action in the 49er and 49erFX Medal Races at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS) and Maia & Ragna Agerup (NOR) claimed the honours and Abu Dhabi final spots.

A tight group of five young Papua New Guinean (PNG) Laser sailors are stepping up their 2015 Pacific Games competition program using this week's ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne. PNG is one of 33 countries represented at the important Oceanic event, the largest Olympic sailing regatta in the southern hemisphere.

Nicolai Sehested (DEN) and his TREFOR Match Racing Team clinched victory today at the Energa Sopot Match Race, Poland, the 10th stage and World Championship Event of the 2015 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT).

There was no stopping current, and five-time ISAF Match Racing World Champion Ian Williams (GBR), GAC Pindar today at the Energa Sopot Match Race as he swiftly dispatched his Quarter Final opponent Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN) in three straight wins.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) continues to address concerns and is taking steps to ensure the health and safety of all athletes who will be competing in the upcoming Aquece Rio, Olympic Test Event and the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition.

Veteran Polish match racer and America's Cup helmsman Karol Jablonski skilfully played the gusty conditions today to lead the twelve strong field of teams at the end of Day 2 of Qualifying at the 2015 Energa Sopot Match Race.